Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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l l BASEBALL TEAM-FIRST ROW: Jim McCone, Jerry Zuspann, Dan Combites, Ace Rogers, Jim Nicholas. SECOND ROW: larry Combites, Ronnie Calhoun, Marshall Buchen, Gary Formhals, Larry Mead, Jerry Norris, Jim Evans. THIRD ROW: Gary Kane, Larry Hood, Roger Smith, John Bradshaw, Tom McGrew, Lyman Avery, Ronnie Zuck, Coach George Trotter. 1956 diamond heroes end season with 5-3 record Jerry Zuspann and Ronnie Zuck kid each other lo relieve the tension prior to a big game. line In spite of rainy Weather and mud- dy baseball fields, our Spartan slug- gers under Coach George Trotter racked up a very successful season, winning five of the eight games they played. The Spartans got off to a fly- ing start by beating Astoria in the first game but were forced to yield to Industry their second game before coming back to win an easy victory fro m Abingdon. Meeting Industry again in the first round of the Olympic Conference Tournament, the Spartans came out on top to advance to the semi-finals, where they lost out by one run to the Lewistown Indians. In their second gam e with Abingdon, the Spartans were forced to bow, but then went on a winning streak to win over Valley and Industry in the last two games of the regular conference sea- son. Although the Spartans had hoped, because of their season's successful record, to win the District T-ournament, they were beaten in the first round by Glasford.

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Ronnie Zuck Don Combites Jim Sperry Howard Boumgardner CADETS - FIRST ROW: Coach D e a n Hill, 8 r u c e Paul, Ja c k Pershing, Le- land Thurman, Mar- ion Osborn. SECOND ROW: lar- ry Bell, Bud Lewis, Bert Lowe, Tom Cur- tis, Bernard Mc- Cance, Kurl Evans. THIRD ROW: Gary Gain, Ken McMillan, Bill Troul, Guy Wil- son, Steve Paddock. wld? WHS N w! f 'tf l ,,. ., Ss 45

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Intramurals and cross-country give more boys a chance at sports All B-PC boys are given a chance tc participate in sports through the eighth period intramural program in charge -ot Mr. Camp- bell. Regardless ot the weather, there is al- ways some sport in progress. Good weather otters the boys a chance to brush up on their baseball and football, while the gymna- sium becomes their playground tor the winter sports ot ping-pong, wrestling, volleyball, bowling, and basketball. Over sixty boys took advantage ot this extracurricular activity clur- ing the year and found the time well spent. Cross-country, a newly added tall sport, conditions team members tor long distance running. Taking part in several competitive meets this past year, the cross-country team built up enough interest that the sport pro- mises to become an established one at B-PC tor all our tleet-looted cindermen. John Bradshaw and Gaylord Ackerson lock up for an intramural wrestling match. CROSS COUNTRY- FIRST ROW: Howard Johnston, Guy Wilson, Gene Hoffman, Jim Nicholas, Buddy lewis. SECOND ROW: Leland Thurman, Jack Pershing, Coach John Campbell, Dean Coupes David Skean. ' all JO 3 g by st viii ,Q it . -', fr ' Y . x ix it l 5.